Nutrit Svcs Hospitality Assist - Part time

MedStar Health
United States, D.C., Washington
Jan 13, 2025
General Summary of Position Supports the patient meal selection, service, and delivery process. Assists patients with menu selection(s) on assigned unit(s). Assembles meal tray carts for patient care units and delivers and retrieves patient meals trays and snacks to patient rooms. Provides clerical support to the Hospitality Service Office. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Assembles tray carts ( Checks with the Hospitality Service Office for new admissions or diet changes for assigned unit(s), takes (new) menus and diet awareness cards to patients, and returns to office with completed menus. Completes request for and delivers NOW trays/meals, discharged trays, guest trays, and isolation trays, securing appropriate unit nursing staff sign-off prior to delivery to patient. Inventories and stocks the hospitality cart and/or hospitality basket. Delivers bulk nourishments to unit(s) as requested. Provides clerical support to the Hospitality Service Office, including answering the telephone and following-up on requests and problems communicated by the unit-based Hospitality team. Produces standard computer reports, including meal tallies, diet orders, nourishment labels, patient meal tray tickets, and patient menus using the computer system. Enters patient selection(s) and appropriate special food preferences (for patients on therapeutic diets). Attends and may assist in departmental in-services. Minimum Qualifications Education High School Diploma or GED required Minimum of 3 years of directly relevant job-related experience may be substituted for the educational requirement. Experience 6 to 12 months experience, preferably food service within a health care environment required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requires the ability to read, write and perform basic addition and subtraction. Requires the ability to comply with basic oral and written instructions. This position has a hiring range of $17.938 - $25.486